Embellishment of textile fabrics, etc.



Jan. 15 1924 J. LlPOTl EMBELLISHMENT OF TEXTILE FABRICS ETC Filed June l. 1923 .u,"11111111111111111111". '1l."IlIlllll'llrllllllurlL' Patented dan. 15, 1924.

JOSEPH LIPOTI, OF JERSEY CITY, NEWVJERSEY.

ELE'VIBELLISHMENT OF TEXTILE FABRICS, ETC.

Application led Jane l,

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it known that I, Josnrn Lrrorr, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Jersey City, county of Hudson, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain newv and useful Improvements in the Embellishment of Text-ile Fabrics7 Etc., of which the following is a specification suflicient to enable those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains to utilize the same. y lYhile intended more particularly for use in conjunction with the art of embroidery, my improvements relate essentially to a new method and means whereby color designs be transferred to cloth of any kind, as felt, textile fabrics, etc., for purposes of embellishment by embroidery or analogous ornature. i To this end the invention consists primarily in transferring the design on a pattern sheet to the cloth in color derived from a pigment sheet interposed between said pattern sheet and the cloth to be decoratedthe transfer of color-pigment being effected oy a sewing machine needle, or equivalent piercing device, which penetrates all three of the superposed sheets; and secondarily, in supplementing the colored design thus attained on the cloth by means of embroidery or equivalent superficial adjunctive stitch embellishment, all as hereinafter fully set forth. Y

In the accompanying drawings,

l? l, represents diagrammatically my method of transferring a pattern in color to a layer of cloth by means `of a. pigment sheet interposed between said cloth and the pattern sheet.

Fig. 2, is a face or top view of a portion of a pattern sheet;

Fig. 3, is a face View of a piece of cloth to which the design shown in Fig. 2, has been transferred in outline; Y

Fig. fl, is a similar view illustrating the color filling of certain portions of the design;

Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the color design supplemented by embroidery.

In the practical utilization of my inven-V tion I take a layer M, of sillr or other desired fabric or material, ofv suitable size, and impose thereon a sheet C, of paper or other relatively thin flexible material on or in which is incorporated a color pigment, such for instance, as so called carbon paper,

1923. Serial No. 642,826.

which may be obtained commercially in different-colors and shades thereof.

The material M, to be decorated, and the sheet of the color-mediumr C, are stretched faut upon andas related to each other,and so secured by suitable means, as well as-the pattern sheet l?, which is placed on top of the sheet of color medium C, and the three iayers M, C and l), thus superimposed are placed on the work tab-le of a sewing machine, such for instance as that of Yanembroidery machine, an auto-maticpantograph machine, or the like, of sufficient size and capacity.

rllhe pattern p, on the sheet P, is then trans ferred in colorito the layervM, of materiall to be embellished 1ray-piercing allthree of the superposed layers M, of the machine needle or needles, which transfer the color-pigment on the sheet C, in

part, to the upper surface and'body of the material in sufficient quantity to be perceptibie thereon, and to clearly define the design as followed on the pattern sheet P. rI'hus the outline of th-e pattern may be first transferred, the needle punctures being, of course, in close proximity to each other; and if certain parts of thepattern are to be filled in with body color, p', these portions are punctured to the desired degree to atain the effect sought.

By the substitution and use of pigment sheets C, of different colors, one after an-V other, in connection with the same pattern sheet I2 and material M, various combinations of color effects maybe attained, and the possibilities in this respect are unlimited.

iLifter the material M, has thus had the design transferred to it in one or more colors, asvmay be desired or found most expedient, it may be further embellished by stitching, as by embroidery, bead work, or the like,

Vfollowing the requirements of the color design, so ythat the latter will show through and form a base or back ground for such supplementary means of ornature.

It is to be understood that the punctures approximate each other more or less closely according to the effect desired.` Where a solid, practically continuous color surface is required the punctures are correspondingly` close, the distance in other cases being varied to attain blending or shading effects.

The color pigment is taken up and held C, and l?, by means Y.

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by the cloth with sufficient tenacity to adhere thereto Yirmly under ordinary conditions ,of the use of the cloth so decorated;

and the supplemental ornate stitching, as

purpose may obviously be ot any well known or desired character.

While the production ot the cloth goods thus embellished, must, in a commercial sense, be produced on a relatively large scale, as by the needles of an embroidery machine ot a. well known type known in the art relating thereto, it is obvious that the essential features of my invention might be accomplished by hand work, sothat I do not limit'myself in this respect.

Furthermore my method or" embellishment admits of variation and individualizing ot certain parts ot the general design by embroidery or other form of ornate stitching.

It is to be understood that where machinery is used in which the pattern is trans mitted tothe 'goods automatically, as in well known types of automatic shifting or shutter mechanism, the pattern P, is not. imposed on the pigment sheet C, but is attached to vthe pattern board in the usual way.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

l. The method herein described of transterring patterns in color to cloth, consisting in superposing thereon a color-pigment sheet with a pattern sheet thereon, and then puncturingl all three sheets, in accordance with the pattern, substantially in the manner and tor the purpose set forth.

2. lThe method herein described of embellishing cloth, consisting in transferring stantially in the manner and for the thereto a pattern in color by superposingr ornature, substantially in 3. As an article ot manufacture, a cloth` having a pattern in color imposed thereon c by means of a color pigment sheet interposed betweenlt and a pattern sheet, the color pattern being transferred to the cloth by the simultaneous puncture of all three sheets, substantially in the manner and for the'pun pose set Jforth.

4. As an article of manufacture, an embellished cloth 'of the character designated having a pattern in color imposed thereon by means of a color pigment sheet inter'- posed between it andthe pattern sheet, the color pattern being transferred to the cloth by the simultaneous puncture of all three sheets, and the color scheme thus attained being` supplemented by stitch ornature, subdescribed.

5. The method herein described ot transferring patterns in color to cloth, consistA ing in superposing `thereon a color pigment sheet, and then simultaneously puncturing' said pigment sheet and the cloth in accordance with the pattern, substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

6. As an article ot manufacture, a cloth having a pattern in color imposed upon it by purpose means of a color-pigment sheet imposed Y thereon, both the cloth and the color pigmentfsheet being simultaneously punctured in accordance with the pattern, substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

JOSEPH LIPOTI.

Witnesses:

MARGARET K. HANSTEIN, GEO. WM. MIATT. 

